English Literature Summer Task The Great Gatsby‚ Life of Pi and Great Expectations: The Opening Chapters The opening chapters of each of these three books are both similar and different in many ways‚ and succeed to keep the reader interested enough to carry on their journey with Pip‚ Nick or Pi. The way characterisation is put forward in these three novels is rather similar‚ in the fact that all three are written in the first person‚ giving the impression that the character in question is telling
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28‚ 2010 Life of Pi: Correlation between Science and Religion One of the most important dichotomies that exist amongst today is Science versus Religion. A dichotomy that started in the renaissance era‚ a period when people started questioning‚ looking to other horizons‚ other than religion and truly began to comprehend reality. The theme of Science versus Religion is portrayed in a great deal in the novel Life of Pi. In Life of Pi‚ Yann Martle utilizes the protagonist Piscine “Pi” Molitor Patel’s
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in Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ part ones content was necessary for the development of Pi in part two and three. Piscine Patel is a young man who is in a family of four; Ravi Patel his older brother‚ Mother‚ Father and himself. Pi has gone through tremendous loss and horrific events. The topic of how necessary part one was to part two and three is worth investigating because of; Pi’s commitment to God‚ Pi’s family values‚ family views and Pi’s animal influences. The events in part one in Life of
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In Life of Pi‚ by Yann Martel‚ Piscine(Pi) Molitor is taken on an arduous journey where he not only discovers his religious beliefs‚ but also makes sense of himself and the world. In Pi’s youth‚ he meets two incredible men to whom he says impacted his life the most. Both men‚ ironically‚ were named Mr. Kumar: one a religious baker‚ the other an atheist biology teacher. One of the many things these two men made Pi realize was that it is okay to worship god‚ as much as it is okay to believe in evolution
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------------------------------------------------- Alternate Ending As Pi gazed upon the once glorious pelt of Richard Parker‚ he realized his time had come. After 226 long days at sea‚ stranded‚ he was slowly going insane. Every ray of the sun seemed to penetrate further and further into his absent minded thoughts. The water beneath him that had once brought him such joy‚ only reminded him of the darkness that lurked in its depths. The fins of sharks sliced through the ripples of water every so
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Stripes Will Survive by: Jacqueline Adams‚ and The Zoos Go Wild by Nicholas Nirgiotis and Theodore Nirgiotis I realized how important zoos are to animals. Firstly in the article “The Stripes Will Survive” by Jacqueline Adams it says “Make sure that threatened and endangered animal species don’t disappear.” (Paragraph 4) There used to be one hundred thousand tigers roaming in the wild. Now about 5‚000 tigers live in the wild. The zoo’s breed these animals to make sure that they will survive. The breeding
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Life of Pi Essay: Religion and Faith Created a Survivor Faith is the opposite of fact. A fact is a thing that is indisputably the case‚ no questions asked. On the other hand‚ spirituality involves a leap of faith that allows for belief in the unknown rather than proof of facts. Pi Patel found faith in various religions. He was born a Hindu and later met individuals who greatly influenced him and led him to examine Christianity and Islam. The more religions Pi followed‚ the greater his faith grew
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even harder. However despite the struggle‚ Pi manages to accomplish it. Piscine Molitor Patel is marooned at sea after the Tsimtsum sunk in the Pacific Ocean. Along with a 450 pound Royal Bengal tiger‚ Pi struggles to survive. In Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel demonstrates the idea of safety through the raft when it becomes Pi’s territory and protection. After Pi overcomes his self pity‚ he decides that he was going to do everything in his power to survive. Pi thinks to himself‚ “I only had to hitch the
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in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies and Ang Lee’s film Life of Pi? The film Life of Pi directed by Ang Lee and novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding are both survival texts in which the protagonists must deal with a range of conflict. In Life of Pi the protagonist‚ Pi Patel‚ is a religious teenager who lives in Pondicherry‚ India with his small family. Forced to move‚ and start a new life with his family in Canada‚ Pi is truck with the challenge of facing great conflict and loss when
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Will the Euro Survive POINT VICKY PRYCE‚ Senior Managing Director‚ Economic Consulting‚ FTI consulting In 2002‚ when euro notes and coins entered circulation‚ the dominant view among the 15 (now 23) member states using the currency was that it represented a big step toward ensuring peace and prosperity for the Continent. What people in individual European countries tended to overlook was that a single currency brings greater interference by members of the union in each state’s monetary‚ fiscal
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